I&I CLOTHING CO SPONSORS FLASHPOINT FILM FESTIVAL

I&I Clothing Co your Caribbean Lifestyle Brand is proud to be one of the sponsors of the Flash Point Film Festival. Stay tuned for picks following the festival.





DATES

Thursday, June 5 – Sunday, June 8, 2006
LOCATION

Fort Charles and the Historic Naval Hospital, Port Royal
Kingston, Jamaica
CONCEPT

A four-day Caribbean film festival with regional and international film submissions that have at least one strong Caribbean element (cast, writer, director, location, etc) or explore subjects that resonate with the Caribbean experience. Flashpoint was conceptualised in 2004 by Paul Bucknor and The Caves proprietors, Greer-Ann and Bertram Saulter, with the blessing of the resorts co-owner Chris Blackwell.

Flashpoint is the forum for the emerging Caribbean film and TV production industry. The festival seeks to attract new, experienced and aspiring film makers. It is a place where local film and TV professionals have the opportunity to meet international film industry professionals, and be kept up to date on developments in the global film industry.

HIGHLIGHTS
Festival goers can expect to participate in a host of activities including the film premier of three Jamaican feature films, mobile movies on the Port Royal Public Square with Mutabaruka, original sound tracks featuring legendary producer Jay Will, a star-studded film line-up with budding actors Everaldo Creary, Sheldon Shepherd, and super model Nicole Grey, and other on screen appearances from old favourites like Rohan Daley, Ragashanti, and the Godfathers of Jamaican performance art, Oliver Samuels and Charles Hyatt.
FESTIVAL TIDBITS

* Flashpoint ‘08 takes place on the anniversary of the catastrophic Port Royal earthquake of June 6, 1692.
* Flashpoint ’08 commemorates the life and work of festival founder, Greer-Ann Saulter (b. February 15, 1948, Montego Bay, Jamaica - d. July 31, 2006, Jamaica) and legendary film maker Perry Henzell (b. March 7, 1936, Annotto Bay, St. Mary's, Jamaica - d. November 30, 2006, Treasure Beach, St. Elizabeth's, Jamaica).
* Flashpoint ’08 will christen with its inaugural use the newly designed Multimedia Centre at the Historic Naval Hospital. The Multimedia Center is a state of the art facility available for rental by the general public.
* There will be public screenings of Jamaican films for the Port Royal community and other interested persons in the Port Royal Public Square courtesy of Mutabaruka’s Mobile Movie Theatre.
* Charles Hyatt, Jamaica’s outstanding actor, theatrical director, emcee, comedian and broadcaster, made his last film performance in Goathead before his untimely death. Jamaica still mourns the loss of this cultural icon. Hyatt will make an on screen appearance in the newly released version of Goathead at Flashpoint ’08.